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The center has faculty members with different expertise in generative AI. The faculty comprises a diverse mix of professors from across UCSC academic divisions. The list of faculty in alphabetical order:

Luca De Alfaro

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Computer Science
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Pranav Anand

  • Title
    • Professor of Linguistics; Associate Dean of Research
  • Department
    • Linguistics Department
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Manel Camps

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
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Ashesh Kumar Chattopadhyay

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Applied Mathematics
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Jason Eshraghian

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Daniel J. Fremont

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Jeffrey M Flanigan

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics
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Leilani H Gilpin

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Artificial Intelligence
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Minghui Hu

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
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Tae Myung Huh

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Robotics
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Ian Lane

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Bing Liu

  • Title
    • Adjunct Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Machine Learning
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Heiner H Litz

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Razvan V Marinescu

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Machine Learning
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Jennifer A Parker

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Art Department
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Art
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Jose Renau

  • Title
    • Department Chair
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Computer Architecture
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Sridhar Rao

  • Title
    • Adj Professor in Innovation and Entreprenuership
  • Department
    • Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Entrepreneurship
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Magy Seif El-Nasr

  • Title
    • Professor and Department Chair
  • Department
    • Computational Media
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Human Computer Interaction
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Sagnik Nath

  • Title
    • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Michael Tassio

  • Title
    • Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Innovation
  • Department
    • Academic Affairs
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Chenguang Wang

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Xiao Wang

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
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Zhu Wang

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Developmental Biology
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Cihang Xie

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Hao Yue

  • Title
    • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
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Yi Zhang

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Computer Science
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Yuyin Zhou

  • Title
    • Assistant Professor
  • Department
    • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Artificial Intelligence
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Zac Zimmer

  • Title
    • Associate Professor of Literature
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise
    • Literature
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Last modified: Sep 23, 2025